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Optimus Sliding Long Spoon

An extendable-handle spoon that's lightweight and perfect for reaching into the corners of food pouches. What an ingenious little spoon! Collapsed the Optimus Sliding Long Spoon is slightly less than 7 inches long. Fully extended it is 9.5 inches long. Collapsed versus extended Weighing in at a paltry 25 grams, this little spoon is great for stirring your tea, eating soup, or digging into a bowl of your favorite breakfast cereal. Slide the handle into its extended position and, voila!,… Full review

Outdoor Products Mess Kit

This is a good quality mess kit @ a very good price. Good for use during camping, backpacking, or extended military campaigns. Like so many quality survival items, this mess kit has numerous uses. It can last a lifetime if cared for properly. Outdoor ProductsMess Kit 5 piece set includes: Frying pan/plate (with removable pan handle) Bowl Pot with lid Cup Mess kit locks together for easy storage. Lightweight mess kit is great for backpacking. Only weighs 11.2 ounces. Made in China. This is a "Classic"… Full review

Vargo Titanium Ti-lite Mug (900 ml)

Ti mug/cook pot with lid. Lid has plastic knob lifter and vent/pour holes. Vargo's Ti-lite 900ml mug and lid (119g + 27g = 146g) is large enough to boil over two cups of water and stow much of your kit when not in use. Diameter is sufficient to store a small fuel canister. The lid has a plastic knob lifter instead of the metal lifters I've seen on other designs. The plastic knob helps prevent burns vs. the metal lifters. The lid also features vent/pour holes with a single hole on one side… Full review

GSI Tea Kettle HAE

Great pot, but you can cook in it too. Read in another review that you can cook in it and wanted to be sure before I took it on the trail for that purpose. Because it has a very wide lid you can actually cook in this pot. I made one of my favorite meals, Fettuccini with Salmon. I used the Lipton Knorr Pasta Sides Alfredo and a foil packet of Smoked Salmon purchased from the grocery store. The recipe calls for 2 cups of water and the total contents just fit into the pot. I cooked it over a Trangia… Full review

Kupilka 21

A drinking vessel for home, work, or the wilderness for those who prize traditional styling. Not for ultralighters except as a luxury item, but this cup is good quality, easy to use and clean, and satisfying to use. For quite some time I was obsessed with gram shaving, an addiction that seems to befall some backpackers inclined toward such madness. There is a glee in weighing all of one’s gear, and for some time I was content to carry a TOAKS titanium mug (450 ml/15.2 oz; weight: 92 g/ 3.2 oz)… Full review

Open Country 3 Cup Hard Anodized Pot

After years of using 1-quart pots for solo cooking I have discovered that 3-cup pots are all I really need. Why heat nearly 4 cups of water when 3 is all you need? Why carry a larger pot that takes up more space in your pack? I got this pot rather "by accident" when I ordered it with the Trail Designs Sidewinder titanium Caldera Cone stove. That stove required this pot to properly mate with its top diameter. What I discovered was that I really did not need a 1-quart pot for solo cooking. The smaller… Full review

REI Doppio Stainless-Steel Tumbler

Great cup that coffee shops love to work with, especially for small drinks like espresso or cortados. Feels like a regular cup, not a travel cup. I bought this cup because I love cortado coffees and wanted an appropriately sized reusable cup. It fits easily in my bag or pocket. The cup is one of the few I found that has a smooth rim so that drinking without the lid feels like a well formed coffee cup. Plus it impresses all the baristas because it is a great shape for steaming and adding the milk! Full review

Primus Meal Set

Primus meal kit: the strainer/cutting board is fantastic. Includes bread cutter and cheese grater, oil bottle, spice holder. OK as far as lunch boxes/meal kits go. You have this or the Light My Fire meal kit. What makes it for me is the strainer/cutting/chopping board/cheese grater. I think that is really brilliant. Whereas the Light My Fire strainer/chopping board is just that, the Primus meal kit strainer does make a great bread cutter and grater. Also the oil bottle is a fantastic idea. It… Full review

REI Folding Utensil Set

I originally bought these out of curiosity, but I have learned to respect these utensils. I bought these utensils as a curiosity, but I have found a good home for them. Every time I have used them, I have found them more than adequate for utensils. The bowl is small for a spoon, and the thickness of the chopsticks are very thick. The thickness of the chopsticks are throwing off my chopstick use, but with practice they will work fine. The place were these shine is in packability. You can't… Full review